Re: doc of defining minor modes

[David Kastrup]

"Drew Adams" <address@hidden> writes:

> OK, I hear the argument as being that a user could be disoriented if
> a mode is turned on without his/her being aware of it. That makes
> sense. It is also not clearly expressed in the documentation.
>
> As I said, if "you want people to understand and respect [this
> recommendation], then it should be clarified and justified (explain
> why) in the doc." I do not think the doc is clear on this at all.
>
> The doc should explicitly say that loading a minor mode should not
> have any user-visible effect, and explain why. The why should
> mention that it might disorient users (or something to that
> effect). In particular, it should not speak in terms of "harm" and
> "pain". No such harm or pain was finally pointed out, so let's not
> be alarmist about this.

What constitutes "harm" to you?  If a little man jumps out from the
copmuter screen and stabs the user?

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David Kastrup, Kriemhildstr. 15, 44793 Bochum